When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first observed in the 1920s, can now be seen more clearly than ever before thanks ...

Place cells are specialized neurons in a brain region known as the hippocampus, which have been found to fire when animals are in specific locations. These cells don't fire randomly, but their ...

Brain wave patterns measured during childhood can accurately predict whether a child is likely to experience anxiety or depression in their teenage years. By tracking children over seven years, ...

On neuroscience’s big stage Nov. 15, MIT Professor Earl K. Miller will propose that thought and consciousness emerge from the fast and flexible organization of the cortex produced by the analog ...

When I began my master’s program in cognitive science, an electrical engineering professor told us—rather arrogantly—that the soul is nothing but neurons firing. “You’re deluded if you think otherwise ...

A new study finds that an easily measurable brain wave shift of phase may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under general anesthesia. At the level of molecules and cells, ketamine and ...